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   Photo ID:

   S74-28649   


   Program:

   Apollo   


   Mission:

   Apollo-Soyuz Test Project


   Date Taken:

   1974-09-16


   Film Type:

   35mm BW

Title:
Soviet and American ASTP crewmen seated Soyuz orbital module mock-up
Description:
Three crewmen of the Apollo Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) are seated in a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft orbital module mock-up in bldg 35 during ASTP simulation training at JSC. They are Cosmonaut Anatoliy V. Filipchenko (left background), commander of the Soviet ASTP second (back-up) crew; Cosmonaut Nikolay N. Rukavishnikov (left foreground), engineer on the crew; and Astronaut Vance D. Brand (right), command module pilot of the American ASTP prime crew. The hatch in the background leads to the Docking Module. During the exercise the American ASTP crew and the Soviet ASTP crew simulated docking the Apollo and Soyuz in Earth orbit and transferring to each other's spacecraft. Here, Brand is visiting the Soyuz spacecraft.
Subject Terms:
APOLLO SOYUZ TEST PROJECT ASTRONAUT TRAINING ASTRONAUTS COSMONAUTS FACILITIES JOHNSON SPACE CENTER MOCK-UP SIMULATION SOYUZ SPACECRAFT TEXAS TRAINING TRAINING DEVICES
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